CBS is pushing forward with its annual upfront presentation to advertisers. The network has locked in Wednesday, May 20, for its dog-and-pony show, CBS sales chief Jo Ann Ross said. As per recent CBS tradition, the event will take place…
Former G4 chief operating officer Dale Hopkins is joining GSN as head of marketing, replacing executive VP Heidi Diamond, who left GSN last month, a network spokeswoman said. Ms. Hopkins most recently had been CEO and commissioner of the Championship…
“Howie Do It”? Apparently, pretty well. NBC has given the thumbs up to 12 more episodes of the Howie Mandel hidden-camera comedy “Howie Do It,” the network announced Thursday. The episodes are already in production. Mr. Mandel’s show premiered earlier…
Having a sponsor attached to a Web series doesn’t mean it automatically will receive a production green light, but it definitely helps build the case for a program, CBS Interactive executive Anthony Soohoo said during a panel at NATPE today….
Former MTV President Christina Norman has been named CEO of Oprah Winfrey’s new cable network, OWN, which is a joint venture with Discovery Communications. Ms. Norman, who left MTV last year, will start her new job Feb. 17. She’ll be…
Google said it has begun including time-shifted viewership data in reports for its Google TV Ads clients. The data is being generated to provide advertisers “with insight into how and when viewers see your ads during DVR playback of recorded…